&letterheadHardship

for farmers

TO THE EDITOR: The Clinton County Farm Bureau Board of Directors is opposed to the closing of the Hayford Road in Champlain. The closure is being considered to allow the construction of a railroad siding for CP Rail. This will result in the road being dead ended at either side of the railroad crossing.

The rail company claims that it needs to build a place to park trains to be inspected near the Canadian border and to allow for increased train traffic. The closure will, however, create a hardship on local farmers who depend on the road to get from field to field. They will be required to travel several extra miles and to drive their farm machinery through residential neighborhoods thus creating a potentially dangerous situation. This road is also critical for fire and rescue operations and reduces traffic through the village of Rouses Point.

While the CCFB board of directors do not doubt the need for a siding they do question the need to build it in such a location. Members of the Clinton County Farm Bureau will attend a meeting with the Department of Transportation scheduled for July 8 to help find a solution to this problem.

Kirby Selkirk

Field adviser

New York Farm Bureau

&letterhead30th reunion

for AVCS

TO THE EDITOR: The AuSable Valley Class of 1978 is announcing their 30th Class Reunion, Aug. 2 at the Comfort Inn in Plattsburgh.

We are still looking for help in contacting several classmates and would appreciate any help you can provide. They are:

Sherry Archambault (Mccabbe), Theresa Aubin (Scapitici), Donna Baker (Torraca), Penny Baker, Mark Blaise, Michael Brooks, Cheryl Brown, Kevin Camarie, Laura Cassidy, Michael Changelo, Cheryl Chauvin (Pastizzo), Leonard Colby, William Corrigan, Susan Doherty (Jackson), Deborah Drinkwine (Jones), Jamie Fisk (Woods), Michael Fleury, Lorena Fraizer (Degroat), Linda Gaboriau, Lisa Hammond (Updike), Avi Heller, Louise Houle, Trudy Joyal (Hall), Stan Krajeski, Bonnie Lashua (Mintzer), Larry Lawrence, Tammy LeClere (Fields), Wayne Mann, Rosanne Marino, Cindy McCormick (O'Keefe), Mary Mischler, Sue O'Connor, Nancy Patnode, Bonnie Pelkey, Elizabeth Prentiss, David Rule, Brian Rushford, Brian Shumway, Anastasia Skufca (Lytle), Charles Snow, Thom Sorrell, Julia Thomas, Kathy Walsh, Daniel White, Peter Gladu, Howard Gumlaw, Julie Lagoy, Kenneth Lesnowski.

Any local classmates that have not yet been contacted, please call Randy Pray at 834-9183 or Wally Pulsifer at 647-5460.

If you have any questions or would like to help in the planning of this reunion, we look forward to hearing from you. Please use the above information. Thank you for your help and we hope to see you at our reunion.